
Rachel Spacek
Investigative Reporter at InvestigateWest
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1 month ago |
news-journal.com | Rachel Spacek
{em style=”font-size: 12px ”}This story was first published by InvestigateWest on April 25, 2025.{/em}Sheriff’s deputies in a western Idaho county will soon be able to stop and interrogate any person they believe to be in the country without authorization.
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2 months ago |
idahocapitalsun.com | Rachel Spacek
This story was first published by InvestigateWest on April 25, 2025. Sheriff’s deputies in a western Idaho county will soon be able to stop and interrogate any person they believe to be in the country without authorization. In February, Owyhee County Sheriff Larry Kendrick signed his county up for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that was discontinued in 2012 following multiple instances of racial profiling from participating law enforcement agencies.
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2 months ago |
oregonlive.com | Rachel Spacek
Sheriff’s deputies in a western Idaho county will soon be able to stop and interrogate any person they believe to be in the country without authorization. In February, Owyhee County Sheriff Larry Kendrick signed his county up for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that was discontinued in 2012 following multiple instances of racial profiling from participating law enforcement agencies.
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2 months ago |
investigatewest.org | Rachel Spacek
Sheriff’s deputies in a western Idaho county will soon be able to stop and interrogate any person they believe to be in the country without authorization. In February, Owyhee County Sheriff Larry Kendrick signed his county up for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that was discontinued in 2012 following multiple instances of racial profiling from participating law enforcement agencies.
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2 months ago |
wenatcheeworld.com | Rachel Spacek
In late January, federal immigration officials got a lead on three people in Idaho they thought, based on information shared by Kootenai County Deputy Harvey Ballman, “may be illegal.”Not only that, but Ballman was “more than willing to send us more information in the future,” wrote one Border Patrol agent in an email, passing along the addresses from Ballman of the three targets of immigration enforcement weeks into President Donald Trump's second term.
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“If this is happening, I would be hesitant to report a crime myself:" Idaho’s Owyhee County joins ICE agreement to enforce immigration law https://t.co/bGRlL1las3

RT @Wilsoncriscione: "We have lots of work for you guys." Emails obtained by @RachelSpacek show how Kootenai County deputies have been coor…

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